Web page or wiki, downloadable document, calendar with email reminders
Geocities, PBwiki, Moodle
Lecture
Documents, slideshow with multimedia accompaniments, whiteboard, guided Web tour, podcast (RSS feed), VoIP; lecture notes posted to Website or wiki for reference, including downloadable files
Tapped In, Learning Times, Alado; Podomatic; Skype
Whole class discussion
Wiki, blog, or class bulletin board or forum with email delivery options or RSS
PBwiki, Yahoo! Groups, Moodle, Furl, Bloglines
Small group discussion
Instant messaging and live chat; group bulletin boards or topic-based forums with email delivery options or RSS; VoIP
Yahoo! Messenger, Moodle, Bloglines and Furl; Skype
Office hours
Email; text and/or voice chat with or without Webcam; VoIP
Yahoo! Groups, Tapped In, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype
Study groups
Email, private chats or forums (students-only), with or without Webcams
Moodle; Tapped In; Yahoo! Messenger
Presentation of student work
Multimedia chat with slideshow, whiteboard, and guided Web tour; podcasts; uploaded documents
Moodle, Learning Times, Alado; Podomatic; Google Docs & Spreadsheets
Peer review of work
Rubric-based discussion; wiki or blog; discussion forums or chat with multimedia enhancements
Online, interactive, timed quizzes; upload/download of documents; wiki for paper comments and responses
Survey Monkey; Google Docs & Spreadsheets; PBwiki
Attendance, roll-taking, assessment
Tracking of access and time on task, scoring functions, electronic portfolios
Moodle; Survey Monkey; PBwiki; Google Docs & Spreadsheets
Notes:
- Chats may be text-only, voice and text, or voice-text-video
- Yahoo! Messenger has voice (PC only), and Webcam (chat in Tapped In office while Webcamming in Y!M)
- multimedia chat or conference platforms allow for multimedia presentations, e.g. based on PowerPoint slides;
- RSS = really simple syndication (changes in a site result in a new feed); Furl sends an email rather than aggregating
- VoIP = voice over Internet protocols, e.g., Skype and other telephony providers
Course Elements and Their Online Equivalents
Course Elements
Cyber Equivalents
Free Online Tools
Notes:
- Chats may be text-only, voice and text, or voice-text-video
- Yahoo! Messenger has voice (PC only), and Webcam (chat in Tapped In office while Webcamming in Y!M)
- multimedia chat or conference platforms allow for multimedia presentations, e.g. based on PowerPoint slides;
- RSS = really simple syndication (changes in a site result in a new feed); Furl sends an email rather than aggregating
- VoIP = voice over Internet protocols, e.g., Skype and other telephony providers
-- Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, http://www.geocities.com/ehansonsmi